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Friends of the
OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVES
P.O. Box 18781
Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0781
Denise Dennison President Nicki Lorenzo Director
Roberta Clardy, Vice President Barbara Lawson Director
Gail L. DeLashaw, Secretary Kathy Huber Director
Mary Jeanne Hansen, Treasurer Dr. Mary Jane Warde, Director
William Welge, ex-officio
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In 2011 the Research Division was busier than ever even though the OHS suffered from a 6.4% cut in appropriations. We have been hampered by the loss of over 130 years of institutional memory through retirements that will take years to recoup. Many of the current staff are wearing many hats these days doing multiple tasks in order to fulfill our mission to the good people of Oklahoma. My previous statement in essence was depressing, but it points out clearly just how much the Research Division depends on the Friends of the OHS Archives. This past year the Friends provided opportunities for staff for continuing education at the Society of SW Archivists meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas, they also assisted with staff to attend the Route 66 Association meeting held at Albuquerque, New Mexico and members of the board attended the annual meeting of the Society at Enid to man a table to acquaint the OHS membership about FOHSA. In addition, the Friends helped secure several important collections that depicted the underhanded machinations of land speculators in eastern Oklahoma soon after the Dawes Commission was winding up its work with the Five Civilized Tribes. The acquisition of the J.C. Smock Papers of Eufaula, Oklahoma amply demonstrated how non-Indian speculator’s worked to their advantage land transactions much to the detriment of the Indian or Freedmen citizen. In the John A. Guthrie Collection, will be a variety of traveling wild west and rodeo shows across the mid-section of the country, but most prominently in Oklahoma. What is most interesting will be the prison rodeo images from the 1940’s at the Oklahoma State Prison at McAlester The Friends acquired some very fine examples of late 19th to early 20th century
Director’s Report
By William Welge Continued on Page 2

Friends of the
OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVES
P.O. Box 18781
Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0781
Denise Dennison President Nicki Lorenzo Director
Roberta Clardy, Vice President Barbara Lawson Director
Gail L. DeLashaw, Secretary Kathy Huber Director
Mary Jeanne Hansen, Treasurer Dr. Mary Jane Warde, Director
William Welge, ex-officio
_________________________________________________________________________________________
1
In 2011 the Research Division was busier than ever even though the OHS suffered from a 6.4% cut in appropriations. We have been hampered by the loss of over 130 years of institutional memory through retirements that will take years to recoup. Many of the current staff are wearing many hats these days doing multiple tasks in order to fulfill our mission to the good people of Oklahoma. My previous statement in essence was depressing, but it points out clearly just how much the Research Division depends on the Friends of the OHS Archives. This past year the Friends provided opportunities for staff for continuing education at the Society of SW Archivists meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas, they also assisted with staff to attend the Route 66 Association meeting held at Albuquerque, New Mexico and members of the board attended the annual meeting of the Society at Enid to man a table to acquaint the OHS membership about FOHSA. In addition, the Friends helped secure several important collections that depicted the underhanded machinations of land speculators in eastern Oklahoma soon after the Dawes Commission was winding up its work with the Five Civilized Tribes. The acquisition of the J.C. Smock Papers of Eufaula, Oklahoma amply demonstrated how non-Indian speculator’s worked to their advantage land transactions much to the detriment of the Indian or Freedmen citizen. In the John A. Guthrie Collection, will be a variety of traveling wild west and rodeo shows across the mid-section of the country, but most prominently in Oklahoma. What is most interesting will be the prison rodeo images from the 1940’s at the Oklahoma State Prison at McAlester The Friends acquired some very fine examples of late 19th to early 20th century
Director’s Report
By William Welge Continued on Page 2